Nov. 12, 2011, Norbert Philipp and Karin Schuh (Die
Presse)Together with the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC and
the Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC, the University of Applied Arts
launched the competition Design for the Real World REDUX in Spring 2011.

Oct 14, 2011

Sep 20, 2011

Maria Aiolova was invited to present Terreform ONE's work at the First International Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) that took place September 8th – 11th in the Estonian capital. TAB’s main theme was landscape urbanism and the relationships between the fields of architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism. TAB comprises of multiple types of events: exhibitions, vision competition, symposium, lectures, discussions, workshops and guided tours in various parts of Tallinn. Invited guests included architects and related professionals from Estonia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
For more information go to http://www.tab.ee/

Sep 1, 2011

Last week at the Phaidon Bookstore in Soho, White Box Gallery
held a benefit for their new sustainable art garden by organizing a
panel discussion called “Sustainable Work Lab: new projects in art,
architecture and urban design.” Ali Hossaini moderated the discussion between landscape designer Frances Levine, architect David Turnbull, and urban designer Maria Aiolova.by Tom Stoelker

Jul 26, 2011

Jul 25, 2011

Innovation Spaces Terreform ONE is a non-profit design group that promotes green design in cities. It is based in Brooklyn, New York.At Terreform ONE we need ‘messy’ spaces to create a massive outpouring of projects and models. We have a collection of materials and artifacts found throughout the city of New York that add to the environment. These seemingly random objects are essential to helping us formulate complex morphologies into tangible suppositions. Design is seeing new qualities in everyday objects. We surround ourselves with these seemingly random items to be inspired just so. Our working studio is similar to the toymaker’s shop in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner – a physical narrative of possibilities ready to be animated. -- Mitchell Joachim, Co-founderby Holly Finn and Matt Bochensk, Google Think Quarterly

Feb 9, 2011

"The UN forecasts that growing urban populations will place unprecedented strain on the infrastructure of our cities. Mitchell Joachim and Jürgen Mayer talk to Rod James about the relationship between cities and their inhabitants and the need for a radical reimagining of the urban landscape."

"Forceful views such as this make Joachim, co-founder of urban design group Terreform ONE, not only one of the most influential thinkers in his field but also a journalist's dream. An associate professor at NYU and senior fellow of the TED organization, Joachim has done more than anyone to highlight the need for a radical rethink of the way architects and urban planners approach their trade. This desire for change is motivated by a demographic force that is becoming too strong to ignore."

Feb 1, 2011

Architect and urban designer Mitchell Joachim hates the idea of a lower-pollution New York a hundred years from now. He envisions a city that actually eliminates pollution. "I want a city that cleans up the impact of the last hundred and fifty years of industrial waste. It has to have a positive impact," said Joachim, pacing up and down his studio in the Metropolitan Exchange building on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. At a time when most progressive urban designers try to make cities greener, this co-founder of the nonprofit design group Terreform ONE and his team are on a crusade to radically change the notion of how cities like New York will function in a hundred years. Only completely flipping ideas about housing, transportation, and recreation spaces can city planners project a revolutionary urban habitat, according to Joachim and his crew.

Jan 27, 2011

Open International Design Competition to Envision the Sixth Borough of New York City:The ONE PRIZE committee invites the most talented and imaginative architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, economists, artists, students, and individuals to propose ideas for the NYC Blue Network and The World’s Largest Clean Tech Expo in 2014.

Jan 12, 2011

An intensified version of an autarchic Brroklyn supplies all vital needs fpr its population. Dilapidated structures are replaced with vertical agriculture and housing merged with infrastructure. Visionary operations are not just about a comprehensive model of tomorrow's city, but an initial platform for discourse.. Author: Joachim, Mitchell

Jan 11, 2011

"Mitchell Joachim, an ecological architect and one of three TED fellows (for technology, entertainment and design)on the floor, likens the Metropolitan Exchange to a modern-day version of Bauhaus, the German design school. “People here have enormous credentials and potential to succeed,” Mr. Joachim said. “Plus the rent is ridiculously cheap.” Mr. Joachim’s nonprofit design collective, Terreform One, promotes green initiatives in cities. Its conceptual projects are on display, including One-Day Tower, a model of a 53-story building built from all the trash produced by New York City in 24 hours."

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A non-profit design group that promotes smart design in cities. Through our creative projects and outreach efforts, we aim to illuminate the environmental possibilities of New York City and inspire solutions in areas like it around the world.

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Mitchell Joachim is the Co-Founder of Terreform ONE and an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU.
Formerly, he was an architect at the offices of Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei. He is a TED Senior
Fellow and has been awarded fellowships with Moshe Safdie and Martin Society for
Sustainability. He was chosen by Wired magazine for "The Smart List” and selected by Rolling
Stone for “The 100 People Who Are Changing America”. Mitchell won many awards including;
AIA New York Urban Design Merit Award, 1st Place International Architecture Award, Victor
Papanek Social Design Award, Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability, History Channel
Infiniti Award for City of the Future, and Time magazine’s Best Invention with MIT Smart Cities
Car. He's featured as “The NOW 99” in Dwell magazine and “50 Under 50 Innovators of the
21st Century" by Images Publishers. He co-authored the books, “Super Cells: Building with
Biology” and “Global Design: Elsewhere Envisioned”. His design work has been exhibited at
MoMA and the Venice Biennale. He earned: PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
MAUD Harvard University, MArch Columbia University.